Junk food

lynsielou22
lynsielou22 Posts: 14 Member
in Food and Nutrition
As I've been trying to eat healthier, I feel like I've thought a lot about all the junk food in the world. I got curious and had to wonder, do you think it would be possible for someone to lose/maintain weight if they only ate "junk"/unhealthy food? As long as they were getting adequate calories or macros, would it be possible for someone to do this? Definitely not looking into this for myself, because most junk food doesn't really sound appealing to me anymore. I don't know if what I'm getting at makes sense at all, my mind was just so curious!

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  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    To lose weight you need a calorie deficit. You can have that eating vegetables and chicken, pizza or cardboard smeared with butter. Losing or maintaining weight does not depend on you eating only certain foods.
    To be healthy your body needs nutrients. If you desire optimal health along with weight loss then you make sure you get those nutrients. You aren't going to get everything you need from eating only turkey, only bananas or only twinkies. You know this so you eat many different foods. If you are getting plenty of what you need then eating some cookies, potato chips, candy or drinking alcohol that fits your calorie goal every day does not make your diet unhealthy nor junky nor does it keep you from losing weight.
  • distinctlybeautiful
    distinctlybeautiful Posts: 1,041 Member
    I'm not sure it's possible to get the right macros from junk food alone, but it's definitely possible to lose weight if that's all you ate. I imagine one would feel hungry a lot though, as junk food tends to be calorie-dense, meaning one would eat less volume of food to meet their goal of being in a deficit.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    edited April 2016
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETkwZIi3R7w

    @Alyssa_Is_LosingIt if you are interested in actual medical info as to why CICO is 'completely fictitious' when it comes to successful dieting you hear why quickly. The doctor explains why cutting calories tend to actively causes net weight gain long term in the first 6 minutes of the presentation. He explains why bariatric surgery works 8 minutes in and how it cures diabetes.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETkwZIi3R7w

    @Alyssa_Is_LosingIt if you are interested in actual medical info as to why CICO is 'completely fictitious' when it comes to successful dieting you hear why quickly. The doctor explains why cutting calories tend to actively causes net weight gain long term in the first 6 minutes of the presentation. He explains why bariatric surgery works 8 minutes in and how it cures diabetes.

    Okay I have seen a lot of a nonsense from you before, but this is just over the top.


    Seriously?!?
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETkwZIi3R7w

    @Alyssa_Is_LosingIt if you are interested in actual medical info as to why CICO is 'completely fictitious' when it comes to successful dieting you hear why quickly. The doctor explains why cutting calories tend to actively causes net weight gain long term in the first 6 minutes of the presentation. He explains why bariatric surgery works 8 minutes in and how it cures diabetes.

    Okay I have seen a lot of a nonsense from you before, but this is just over the top.


    Seriously?!?

    I agree

    I'm not saying fasting can't be beneficial but to say a reduced calorie diet will always fail is utterly ridiculous. Otherwise no one would ever lose weight and keep it off. Not everyone keeps it off, as we all know, but many do. By this guys standards it's only a matter of time until they ALL gain every pound back.

    I don't buy it.
  • Losewtforlife4him
    Losewtforlife4him Posts: 423 Member
    I guess you could lose eating junk food. My problem would be that I would be so hungry all the time! Sugar makes me crave more sugar in large amounts to where I'm almost like an addict with alcohol or cocaine...not getting enough. I also get extremely emotional from sugar overload. It's almost like my brain is in an extreme fog and I eat carbs then like crazy without realizing it. I can't imagine now that I'm really counting my calories and seeing all of the GOOD food I can eat now and feel better why I would ever want to eat junk again.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETkwZIi3R7w

    @Alyssa_Is_LosingIt if you are interested in actual medical info as to why CICO is 'completely fictitious' when it comes to successful dieting you hear why quickly. The doctor explains why cutting calories tend to actively causes net weight gain long term in the first 6 minutes of the presentation. He explains why bariatric surgery works 8 minutes in and how it cures diabetes.

    Lolwut?

    Um, yeah...seems legit.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    lynsielou22 wrote: »
    As I've been trying to eat healthier, I feel like I've thought a lot about all the junk food in the world. I got curious and had to wonder, do you think it would be possible for someone to lose/maintain weight if they only ate "junk"/unhealthy food? As long as they were getting adequate calories or macros, would it be possible for someone to do this? Definitely not looking into this for myself, because most junk food doesn't really sound appealing to me anymore. I don't know if what I'm getting at makes sense at all, my mind was just so curious!

    Yes, you can lose weight while eating "junk," however you chose to define it. You may be hungry and you may have difficulties getting enough vitamins and minerals to be at optimum health, but you could still lose weight.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    GaleHawkins wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Absolutely. CICO is king. Obviously it is ideal to eat nutritional foods for health reasons, but one can certainly lose weight eating mostly "junk" food as long as CI < CO.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/

    I prefer eating what I like in moderation while still eating a variety of veggies and trying my best to hit my protein and fat goals.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETkwZIi3R7w

    @Alyssa_Is_LosingIt if you are interested in actual medical info as to why CICO is 'completely fictitious' when it comes to successful dieting you hear why quickly. The doctor explains why cutting calories tend to actively causes net weight gain long term in the first 6 minutes of the presentation. He explains why bariatric surgery works 8 minutes in and how it cures diabetes.

    Not fictitious at all, unless you're going to claim human beings are perpetual motion machines. Denying all diets involve CICO is making that claim.
    Bariatric surgery doesn't cure diabetes. The weight loss that accompanies most bariatric surgery no doubt helps treat diabetes, but that's different.

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